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n. See Allineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of lineare to draw a line. ] To align. [ R. ] Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. “The olecranon on anconeal process.” Flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. [ Pref. a- + near. ] Near. [ R. ] “It did not come anear.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

The measure of misery anear us. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To near; to approach. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. [ Pref. a- + neath for beneath. ] Beneath. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anguineous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annealed p. pr. & vb. n. Annealing. ] [ OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an&unr_;lan; an on + &unr_;lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. Niello, Negro. ] 1. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, anneals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. transient cessation of respiration. [ Also spelled apnoea. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of common garden spiders.
Syn. -- genus Aranea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of arthropods constituting the spiders.
Syn. -- order Araneae, Araneida, order Araneida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a tube. ] (Zool.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [ Written also Asmonæan. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Self-produced; autogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. balneum bath. ] Of or pertaining to a bath. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. balnearium, fr. balneum bath. ] A bathing room. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. balneare to bathe, fr. L. balneum bath. ] The act of bathing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. balneatorius. ] Belonging to a bath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) See Neaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. benethe, bineoðen, AS. beneoðan, benyðan; pref. be- + neoðan, nyðan, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See Nether. ] 1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. “Beneath the mount.” Ex. xxxii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will do nothing that is beneath his high station. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a lower place; underneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earth you take from beneath will be barren. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Math.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coördinates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Pain in the bones. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anal.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a chestnut, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centrum + linea line. ] Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Greek antiquity) either of two battles in ancient Greece, one in which Philip of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC), or another in which Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place. ] Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Sp. cochinilla, dim. from L. coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G. ko`kkos berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cochineal was formerly supposed to be the grain or seed of a plant, and this word was formerly defined to be the grain of the Quercus coccifera; but cf. also Sp. cochinilla wood louse, dim. of cochina sow, akin to F. cochon pig. ] A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry. When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds, of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also as a red dye. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which yields carmine red. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A . . . coetanean of the late earl of Southampton. Aubrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl. from L. collectaneus collected, fr. colligere. See Collect, v. t. ] Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. collineare to direct in a straight line. See Collimation. ] The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. conterraneus; con- + terra country. ] Of or belonging to the same country. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Corneas [ Fem. sing., fr. L. corneus horny, fr. cornu a horn. See Horn. ] (Anat.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cornea. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. cuneus a wege. See Coin. ] Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L.cuneatus, fr. cuneus a wege SeeCoin. ] Wedge-shaped; (Bot.), wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cuneiform. “Cuneatic decipherment.” Sayce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) An instrument for drawing curved lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. curvus bent + E. lineal, linear. ] Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines. [ 1913 Webster ]